Jindal backs off hospice cuts

Jindal backs off hospice cuts

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON -- Terri Kaaihue, Life Source Services of Baton Rouge community liaison, second from left, and director of nursing Michele Browning, center, rally Wednesday on the steps of the State Capitol in what turned into a celebration that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget cuts to end-of-life care had been averted.

The decision, a reversal of a cut Gov. Bobby Jindal made as part of mid-year budget reductions, came a week ahead of a legislative meeting to review and possibly reject the cut. Jindal’s cut also caught the attention of national media.

State Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein said the Jindal administration will revamp the program this spring, keeping the parts that work well.